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"A dead mall is a shopping mall with a high vacancy rate or a low consumer traffic level, or that is deteriorating in some manner."

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Gwinnett Place Mall, Duluth, GA (i.ibb.co)

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Took this photo in 2019. The mall closed in 2021 I believe

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

just leave them as stationary stairs if they're not working!

I don't really know anything about escalators, but my guess is that is a safety issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm certainly not an expert either, but logically an immobile escalator disconnected from power is (to borrow the Mitch Hedberg bit) simply stairs! They don't block off stairways in buildings and force everyone to use the elevator...